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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

Cutest crime-stoppers evah! And how perfect are their colors together?

I know some folks find the button eyes on Lalaloopsy dolls a little too Coraline-esque, but I'm completely nuts for them:

(By Jussra Soares and found here - but no website is listed. Anyone have it?)

Squee! Srsly, it's all I can do not to start binge-buying these every time I'm near the toy aisle. And would you look how sweet that quilted pattern is? With the little tape measure and sewing basket and spools? And that fabric name plaque on the wall with the birthday girl's name is super fun.

If you're not smiling right now, you should get your emotion chip checked. And is anyone else expecting to see that goggle strap snap back at any second? I feel like I could reach out and twang it, it's so perfect!

I will never stop being amazed at what Don can do with just buttercream - NEVER. (Yes, that's all icing!) Think you can't have a show-stopping sculpted cake without fondant? Then hit that link up there and go see more of Don's work - but hang on to your socks.

I've determined there aren't nearly enough Rainbow Brite cakes in the world. Happily Amy here is working to fix that:

YES. I love her ponytail, and the rainbow stars. Of course, you do realize I'll be spending the next hour searching ebay for my old doll with the crinkly holographic skirt, right? And a Twink in every color, so I can make a Twink rainbow? They'll look perfect next to my Gremlin and Animaniac dolls. Aw yeeeah.

I'll admit that not all robots are cute, but for every murderous Dalek or Cylon there's a chipper little sweetie like this, just waiting to bloop at you cheerfully and offer to play a game of checkers:

Well, my friends and fellow addicts, I hope you've gotten your fill of cute Sweets today - but if not, I think a happy little penguin wearing an aviator cap and balancing on a circus ball should do the trick:

Reader Comments (586)

Someone might have said it already, but that last one is Pororo, a Korean animation. He is SUPER cute and wildly popular, so much so that they've translated the episodes into English and a few other languages.

The "Extreme Cakeovers" by Rick and Sasha Reichart is absolutely next on my files of Gread Reads, please send a complimentary copy! (And advance thanks!)I don't know how Señor Pablo and his other Puff-cuz still stay square "jawed" when knives start slicing into their little fairy-tale castles, but I hope the cuteness-dragon overlords (err, overloads) can breathe flaming orange Peeps bunnies in defense. I personally want to stash Eeyore in my front pocket before he gives another sigh. Maybe take him to the ice cream store, or a whirl around the block, before he rejoins the rest for the party. Let's turn that front upside down!Great stuff (as usual)

I just wanted to post my little lion here. My family is called De Leeuw, which is Dutch for the lion, so I made him for our reunion!https://scontent-a-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1236897_10151720088493985_212830301_n.jpg

Oooooohhh am I too late to enter the drawing for the book? Loved the cute sweets today, and I just have to say I am so glad there are at least a few bakers out there who can make pointed castle turrets NOT look phallic. ;)

OMG, each one of these beautiful cakes makes up for so many wrecks. Don't get me wrong, I love to poke fun at the coiled crap hounds as much as the next gal. But, seeing the mastery these baker's display really makes me happy.

We want to thank everyone for the awesome comments on our book and congratulate the 3 winners! We read through as many of your comments as we could yesterday (there were so many!) and couldn't stop smiling! ! We loved how enthusiastic everyone was about Extreme Cakeovers and hope you enjoy the book and learn a lot from it! We've been Cake Wrecks fans since the beginning and want to extend a huge Thank You to Jen and John for hosting the giveaway and sharing the book with Cake Wrecks readers! - Sasha and Rick